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G. The four slave states, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and Delaware, were undecided about sucession. Lincoln thought these states would be useful to the Union if war started. These states had thriving industries and good access to important rail and water routes. The four states bordered the North and South, which made the movement of troops and supplies more difficult. Maryland almost surrounded Washington, D.C., the seat of government. Lincoln faced a challenge; to either free the slaves, or to ignore slavery to avoid alienating the border states. He did not prevent conflicts between the secessionist and the Unionists in Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. With militia intervention, and political maneuvering, he kept the four border states in the Union.

D. "Bleeding Kansas"
Bleeding Kansas was a Kansas Territory that was a battleground between proslavery and antislavery forces. It was caused when John Brown had the mistaken impression that the proslavery posse in Lawrence had killed five men, so Brown and his followers had pulled five men from their beds in the proslavery settlement of the Pottawatomie Creek and stabbed them with broadswords which is known as the "Pottawatomie Massacre". It caused dozens of other incidents throughout this Kansas territory and about 200 people were killed.

Jefferson Davis was the only president of the Confederacy, the 7 southern states that seceded from the union because of the slavery issues. All the things he did can be read on:
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/jefferson-davis.html

Jefferson Davis Jefferson Finis Davis, the first and only President of the Confederate States of America, was a planter, politician and soldier born in Kentucky and raised in Mississippi. Davis was the tenth and youngest child of Revolutionary War soldier Samuel Davis and his wife Jane Cook Davis (Finis in Latin me…

Abraham Lincoln has to be one of the Presidents with the most museums. You can learn about many of the things he did from his part in the Civil War, freeing the slaves, becoming president all the way to his death.
http://www.visitspringfieldillinois.com/venue/Attractions/Abraham-Lincoln-Presidential-Museum

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum | Springfield Illinois This state-of-the-art facility was carefully designed with exacting historical detail. Amazingly well-preserved artifacts tell the entire life story of our nation's 16th President. Dedicated to the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, the Presidential Museum, unlike any other in the U.S., features hi…

Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri who sued for his freedom but lost. Roger B. Taney, the Chief Justice in charge of the Dred Scott case, decided that no slave had the rights of citizens, that Scott had no claim to his freedom, and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. You can read more about this on:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html

Dred Scott

Our 15th President James Buchanan was one of the people who ran for President in 1856 and the one who didn't favor the North or the South. During this election many of the political parties began to change.
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/james_buchanan_wheatland.html

James Buchanan's Wheatland--Presidents: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary James Buchanan, 15th president of the United States, purchased this large Federal style house and its 22 acres of land near Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1848. A Unionist and moderate Democrat, Buchanan won the presidential election in 1856, because voters held the futile hope that he could calm the bi…

The "Pathfinder", John C. Fremont was very good at the things he did except for this actions during the war. Lincoln had to take him out as the General because he thought Fremont would end up pushing Missouri into the Confederacy. You can read more on Fremont, his presidential run, and his involvement in the Mexican American War on the website:
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/john-c-fremont.html

John C. Frémont The career of John Charles Frémont, who became know as “The Great Pathfinder,” proved to be far greater before the Civil War than during the conflict. Before the war, Frémont made a name for himself leading several expeditions into the west in order to explore the regions and survey them for furthe…

Horace Greeley was one of the founders of the Republican Party that consisted of Whigs, antislavery Democrats and Free-Soilers. Greeley did many things, like help Lincoln in the election. You can see more of what Greeley did on:
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h150.html

Horace Greeley The role of Horace Greeley in the history of the United States of America.

Who knew so many people have had their homes turned into museums? Our 14th president, Franklin Pierce also has his house as a current museum that you can visit and even look at some important documents and even see what his life was like.
http://www.piercemanse.org/

The Pierce Manse Check out http://piercemanse.org! The Pierce Manse is the historic home of Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States.

The John Brown Museum was built on the side of the Battle of Osawatomie, and can be visited to see some of the history of John Brown.
http://www.kansastravel.org/johnbrownmuseum.htm

John Brown Museum - Osawatomie, Kansas The John Brown Museum houses the cabin of abolitionists Samuel and Floella Adair, It was a stop on the Undergroung Railroad and in the thick of things in Bloody Kansas

Harriet Beecher Stowe, writer of the antislavery book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” also has her house as a museum which you can visit. People can go and see the place where she wrote all her work and raised her family.
https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/hbs/

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Life Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, best selling author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin

Another historical figure also had their home turned into a museum which you can visit to see the Legacy of Harriet Tubman, also known as “The Moses of Her People.”
http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/

Harriet Tubman Home - New York History Net Harriet Tubman Home on New York History Net.

Just like our 16th president, Fillmore’s house was also converted into a museum that people can go and visit.
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/millard_fillmore_house.html

Millard Fillmore House--Presidents: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the United States, built this simple clapboard one and one-half story house in East Aurora, New York in 1826. He and his wife Abigail lived there until 1830. Their only son was born in the home, and here Fillmore began the political career that would lead him to…

The Brandon Museum, which is located in the Stephen A. Douglas birthplace, talks about not only the antislavery movement in Vermont but also about the story of Stephen A. Douglas.
http://brandon.org/the-brandon-museum/

Brandon Museum at the Stephen A Douglas Birthplace - Welcome to Brandon Vermont The Brandon Museum opened in 2010 in the … Continued

The National Museum of American History has a few things to say about who Nat Turner was and the work he did.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/changing-america-emancipation-proclamation-1863-and-march-washington-1963/1863/resistance

Resistance | National Museum of American History Emancipation was not the product of one act, but many Americans, enslaved and free, chipped away at slavery through daily acts of resistance, organized rebellions, and political pressure. Some were small steps, others were organized actions taking advantage of national debates to fracture and destr…

The Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park is a place where you can go learn about Douglas and what his life was like from the time he was a kid to when he was a young man.
http://www.douglassmyers.org/

Baltimore Museums - Learning African American History - Event and Wedding Rental Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park is a national heritage site that highlights African American maritime history.

Read more about David Walker and his “Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2930.html

David Walker

You can learn more about William Lloyd Garrison, a white abolitionist, at the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum. http://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/wgarrison.html

William L Garrison,Famous Abolitionists Peterboro NY, Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum... William L. Garrison-a famous abolitionist and inductee into the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro, New York.

F. Sucession is the act of leaving a federation or political state. Many Southerners feared that an end to their life was at hand. They were desperate to preserve the labor system and saw secession as the only way. Many states decided to secede. Delegates of the secessionist states formed the Confederacy. The Confederate Constitution protected and reorganized slavery into new territories. It said each state was to be sovereign and independent. The Delegates chose former Senator Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, as President.